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Recovery of Vegetation Cover and Soil after the Removal of Sheep in Socorro Island, Mexico

dc.creatorADALBERTO ANTONIO ORTIZ ALCARAZ
dc.creatorYOLANDA LOURDES MAYA DELGADO
dc.creatorPATRICIA CORTES CALVA
dc.creatorALFONSO AGUIRRE MUNOZ
dc.creatorEVARISTO MANUEL ROJAS MAYORAL
dc.creatorMIGUEL VICTOR CORDOBA MATSON
dc.creatorALFREDO ORTEGA RUBIO
dc.date2016
dc.identifierhttp://cibnor.repositorioinstitucional.mx/jspui/handle/1001/742
dc.identifier.urihttp://dspace.cibnor.mx:8080/handle/123456789/1447
dc.description"For over 140 years, the habitat of Socorro Island in the Mexican Pacific has been altered by the presence of exotic sheep. Overgrazing, jointly with tropical storms, has caused soil erosion, and more than 2000 hectares of native vegetation have been lost. Sheep eradication was conducted from 2009 to 2012. Since then, the vegetation has begun to recover passively, modifying soil properties. The objective of our study was to verify that this island was resilient enough to be recovered and in a relatively short time scale. To confirm our hypothesis, we analyzed changes in the physical-chemical properties of the soil and vegetation cover, the last one in different times and habitats after sheep eradication. The change in vegetation cover was estimated by comparing the normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) between 2008 and 2013. In sites altered by feral sheep, soil compaction was assessed, and soil samples were taken, analyzing pH, electrical conductivity, organic carbon, total nitrogen, phosphorus, calcium, and magnesium. After a year of total sheep eradication, clear indications in the recovery of vegetation cover and improvement of soil quality parameters were observed and confirmed, specifically compaction and nitrogen, organic carbon, phosphorus, and calcium. The results seem to support our hypothesis."
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dc.languageeng
dc.publisherMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
dc.relationinfo:eu-repo/semantics/reference/DOI/DOI: 10.3390/f7040091
dc.relationinfo:eu-repo/semantics/reference/URL/URL: http://www.mdpi.com/journal/forests
dc.relationinfo:eu-repo/semantics/reference/ISSN/ISSN: 1999-4907
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.rightshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0
dc.sourceForests
dc.subjectinfo:eu-repo/classification/AUTOR/feral sheep, soil erosion, soil recovery, Socorro Island
dc.subjectinfo:eu-repo/classification/cti/6
dc.subjectinfo:eu-repo/classification/cti/31
dc.subjectinfo:eu-repo/classification/cti/3106
dc.subjectinfo:eu-repo/classification/cti/310603
dc.titleRecovery of Vegetation Cover and Soil after the Removal of Sheep in Socorro Island, Mexico
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/article
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